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Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 03, 1978 (47)
Birthplace Exeter, Devon, England, UK
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Sep 05, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Matthew Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. He made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's TV film feature Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout ... Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films like Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the German-British romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He won praise for his performance as Charles Ryder in Julian Jarrold's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (2008), and as Ozymandias in the American neo-noir superhero film Watchmen (2009), based on the comics by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. He then starred in romantic comedy Leap Year (2010) and Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. Other notable film roles include The Lookout (2007), A Single Man (2009), Cemetery Junction (2010), Stoker (2013), Belle (2013), The Imitation Game (2014) and Self/less (2015). As well as appearing in films, Goode has appeared in numerous television shows. His most notable television roles include Henry Talbot in the final season of historical drama Downton Abbey, and Finley "Finn" Polmar in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife. He also had a lead role in the critically acclaimed British mini-serial Dancing on the Edge, as music journalist Stanley Mitchell. In 2017, Goode portrayed Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon in the Netflix biographical drama series The Crown, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. As of 2018, he stars in Sky One's fantasy-romance series, A Discovery of Witches, as Professor Matthew Clairmont.

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Filmography

Abigail

Abigail

2024

as Father

Freud's Last Session

Freud's Last Session

2023

as C. S. Lewis

The House

The House

2022

as Raymond (voice)

Medieval

Medieval

2022

as král Zikmund

Silent Night

Silent Night

2021

as Simon

The Colour Room

The Colour Room

2021

as Colley Shorter

The Duke

The Duke

2021

as Jeremy Hutchinson

The King's Man

The King's Man

2021

as Morton

Four Kids and It

Four Kids and It

2020

as David

Official Secrets

Official Secrets

2019

as Peter Beaumont

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2019

as Henry Talbot

Birthmarked

Birthmarked

2018

as Ben

The Hatton Garden Job

The Hatton Garden Job

2017

as XXX

The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

2017

as Mr. Joe Hunt

Allied

Allied

2016

as Guy Sangster

Pressure

Pressure

2015

as Mitchell

Self/less

Self/less

2015

as Albright

The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

2014

as Hugh Alexander

Stoker

Stoker

2013

as Charlie Stoker

Belle

Belle

2013

as Captain Sir John Lindsay

Burning Man

Burning Man

2011

as Tom

Leap Year

Leap Year

2010

as Declan

Cemetery Junction

Cemetery Junction

2010

as Mike Ramsay

A Single Man

A Single Man

2009

as Jim

Watchmen

Watchmen

2009

as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

2008

as Charles Ryder

The Lookout

The Lookout

2007

as Gary Spargo

Imagine Me & You

Imagine Me & You

2006

as Heck

Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

2006

as Martin Bauer

My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals

2005

as Larry Durrell

Match Point

Match Point

2005

as Tom Hewett

Chasing Liberty

Chasing Liberty

2004

as Ben Calder

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Organization Category Movie
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actor A Single Man Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival Best Supporting Actor The Imitation Game Nominated
Television Credits

The Good Wife

as Finn Polmar

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Sep 22, 2009

A Discovery of Witches

as Matthew Clairmont

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Sep 14, 2018

The Offer

as Robert Evans

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 28, 2022

Downton Abbey

as Henry Talbot

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Sep 26, 2010

Dancing on the Edge

as Stanley Mitchell

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 04, 2013

Roots

as Dr. William Waller

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 30, 2016

He Knew He Was Right

as Brooke Burgess

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 18, 2004

Death Comes to Pemberley

as George Wickham

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 26, 2013

The Crown

as Tony Armstrong-Jones

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 04, 2016

Ordeal by Innocence

as Philip Durrant

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 01, 2018

Birdsong

as Captain Gray

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 2012

The Poison Tree

as Rex Clarke

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 10, 2012

Department Q

as DCI Carl Morck

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 29, 2025

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Patrick Simmons

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Peter Lynley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 2002

Roadside Picnic

as Redrick Schuhart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1992

GMTV

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1993

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

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Popularity History


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2024 8 34 53 25
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2024 10 31 65 15
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2024 12 28 41 20
2025 1 30 44 15
2025 2 19 30 4
2025 3 9 26 1
2025 4 2 3 1
2025 5 5 7 3
2025 6 8 11 5
2025 7 4 5 3
2025 8 7 17 2
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